The Week In Numbers: Powdered Booze, New Rules For E-Cigs, And More
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 17:32
in Earth & Climate
N-Zorbit courtesy Modernist Pantry 151: minimum recommended rum proof for powdering 32 square meters: the surface area of the average human gut Micrograph Image Showing Intestinal Villi Photo hosted on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 84 years: the time it takes for 9 drops of pitch to fall 215 calls to poison centers per month: involve e-cigarette liquids, one of the reasons the FDA has put new restrictions on vaping 35 million cubic feet: the amount of nuclear waste at a seaside dump in Britain, which is "virtually certain to be eroded by rising sea levels" Sellafield nuclear site The Sellafield nuclear site in northwest England. About six kilometers (4 miles) to the south is the nuclear waste site, the Low...